Blatenský vrch
The Blatenský vrch (German: Plattenberg) is one of the mountains over 1,000 metres high in the Ore Mountains of Central Europe in the immediate vicinity of Horní Blatná (Platten mining town).
| Blatenský vrch | |
|---|---|
 Plattenberg 2005 | |
| Highest point | |
| Elevation | 1,043 m n.m. (3,422 ft) |
| Coordinates | 50°24′42″N 12°47′30″E |
| Geography | |
  Blatenský vrch Karlovy Vary Region, Czech Republic | |
| Parent range | Ore Mountains |
| Geology | |
| Mountain type | Granite |
| Climbing | |
| Access | Observation tower built in 1913 |
View into the Wolfsbinge
History
The mountain massif consists mainly of granite. By the Early Modern Era there was a lively tin and iron ore mining industry in the area of the mountain, on the basis of which, the neighbouring mining town of Platten (now Horní Blatná) was founded in 1532.
Sources
- Reinhart Hepper, Jörg Brückner, Helmut Schmidt: Sächsisch-böhmische Aussichtsberge des westlichen Erzgebirges in Wort und Bild mit touristischen Angaben. Horb am Neckar 2000, S. 27–29.
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